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Vrijdag maakte de BBB bekend dat Caroline van der Plas het partijleiderschap zou neerleggen. Drie partijprominenten laten in een brief weten teleurgesteld te zijn dat partijleden niet mochten meebeslissen. „We hebben in Mona een zeer ervaren bestuurder en politicus, alsook een stemmenkanon.”
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Het kindje had zich voor de pauze al gemeld. In een bomvol Concertgebouw luisterden we aandachtig naar de ‘Kammersinfonie op.110a’ van Sjostakovitsj toen een heldere kinderstem…
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Met zijn zes gouden medailles is Johannes Høsflot Klaebo onbetwist de grote man van de zondag geëindigde Olympische Winterspelen in Milaan-Cortina d’Ampezzo.
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Het ministerie van Justitie en Veiligheid werkt aan een goedkopere, algemene regeling voor naamswijzigingen. Drie mensen met een nieuwe achternaam vertellen over hun ervaringen: „Een kind met de familienaam van een moeder kan voor bastaard worden aangezien.”
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De dag van de beëdiging van het nieuwe kabinet is er een vol ceremonie en protocol. In dit blog houdt NRC alle gebeurtenissen van vandaag bij. Wat staat er allemaal te gebeuren?
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Veel mensen uit de media en politiek hebben zondag verdrietig gereageerd op het overlijden van presentator Koos Postema (93). Daarnaast klinken er veel lovende woorden voor de radio- en tv-vakman: “Het is een icoon van de Nederlandse radio en televisie met wie generaties zijn opgegroeid.”
Feyenoord staat op voorsprong in De Kuip tegen Telstar. In een levendige eerste helft kwamen de Rotterdammers op achterstand door een doelpunt van Jochem Ritmeester van der Kamp. Feyenoord wist het tij in de eerste helft te keren door twee doelpunten van Hadj Moussa, die de bal twee keer kreeg aangeleverd van Jordan Bos.
Imagine a 280-unit apartment complex offering no on-site leasing office with a human agent for questions. "Instead, the entire process has been outsourced to AI..." reports SFGate, "from touring to signing the lease to completing management tasks once you actually move in."
Now imagine it's far more than just one apartment complex...
At two other Jack London Square apartment buildings, my initial interactions were also with a robot. At the Allegro, my fiance and I entered the leasing office for our tour and asked for "Grace P," the leasing agent who had emailed us. "Oh, that's just our AI assistant," the woman at the front desk told us... At Aqua Via, another towering apartment complex across the street, I emailed back and forth with a very helpful and polite "Sofia M." My pal Sofia seemed so human-like in her responses that I did not realize she was AI until I looked a little closer at a text she'd sent me. "Msgs may be AI or human generated...." [S]he continued to text me for weeks after I'd moved on, trying to win me back. When I looked at the fine print, I realized both of these complexes were using EliseAI, a leading AI housing startup that claims to be involved in managing 1 in 6 apartments in the U.S...
[50 corporate landlords have funded a VC named RET Ventures to invest in and deploy rental-automating AI, and SFGate's reporter spoke to partner Christopher Yip.] According to Yip, AI is common in large apartment complexes not just in the tech-centric Bay Area, but across the entire country. It all kicked off at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, he said, when contactless, self-guided apartment tours and completely virtual tours where people rented apartments sight unseen became commonplace. Technology's infiltration into the renting process has only grown deeper in the years since, Yip said, mirroring how pervasive AI has become in many other facets of our lives. "From an industry perspective, it's really about meeting the renter where they are," Yip said. He pointed to how many renters now prefer to interact through text and email, and want to tour apartments at their convenience — say, at 7 p.m. after work, when a typical leasing office might be closed.
The latest updates in technology not only allow you to take a self-guided tour with AI unlocking the door for you, but also to ask AI questions by conversing with voice AI as you wander through the kitchen and bedroom at your leisure. And while a human leasing agent might ghost you for days or weeks at a time, AI responds almost instantly — EliseAI typically responds within 30 seconds, [said Fran Loftus, chief experience officer at EliseAI]... [I]n some scenarios, the goal does seem to be to eliminate humans entirely. "We do have long-term plans of building fully autonomous buildings," Loftus said.... "We think there's a time and a place for that, depending on the type of property. But really right now, it's about helping with this crazy turnover in this industry."
The reporter says they missed the human touch, since "The second AI was involved, the interaction felt cold. When a human couldn't even be bothered to show up to give me a tour, my trust evaporated."
But they conclude that in the years ahead, human landlords offering tours "will probably go the way of landlines and VCRs."
Now imagine it's far more than just one apartment complex...
At two other Jack London Square apartment buildings, my initial interactions were also with a robot. At the Allegro, my fiance and I entered the leasing office for our tour and asked for "Grace P," the leasing agent who had emailed us. "Oh, that's just our AI assistant," the woman at the front desk told us... At Aqua Via, another towering apartment complex across the street, I emailed back and forth with a very helpful and polite "Sofia M." My pal Sofia seemed so human-like in her responses that I did not realize she was AI until I looked a little closer at a text she'd sent me. "Msgs may be AI or human generated...." [S]he continued to text me for weeks after I'd moved on, trying to win me back. When I looked at the fine print, I realized both of these complexes were using EliseAI, a leading AI housing startup that claims to be involved in managing 1 in 6 apartments in the U.S...
[50 corporate landlords have funded a VC named RET Ventures to invest in and deploy rental-automating AI, and SFGate's reporter spoke to partner Christopher Yip.] According to Yip, AI is common in large apartment complexes not just in the tech-centric Bay Area, but across the entire country. It all kicked off at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, he said, when contactless, self-guided apartment tours and completely virtual tours where people rented apartments sight unseen became commonplace. Technology's infiltration into the renting process has only grown deeper in the years since, Yip said, mirroring how pervasive AI has become in many other facets of our lives. "From an industry perspective, it's really about meeting the renter where they are," Yip said. He pointed to how many renters now prefer to interact through text and email, and want to tour apartments at their convenience — say, at 7 p.m. after work, when a typical leasing office might be closed.
The latest updates in technology not only allow you to take a self-guided tour with AI unlocking the door for you, but also to ask AI questions by conversing with voice AI as you wander through the kitchen and bedroom at your leisure. And while a human leasing agent might ghost you for days or weeks at a time, AI responds almost instantly — EliseAI typically responds within 30 seconds, [said Fran Loftus, chief experience officer at EliseAI]... [I]n some scenarios, the goal does seem to be to eliminate humans entirely. "We do have long-term plans of building fully autonomous buildings," Loftus said.... "We think there's a time and a place for that, depending on the type of property. But really right now, it's about helping with this crazy turnover in this industry."
The reporter says they missed the human touch, since "The second AI was involved, the interaction felt cold. When a human couldn't even be bothered to show up to give me a tour, my trust evaporated."
But they conclude that in the years ahead, human landlords offering tours "will probably go the way of landlines and VCRs."
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The outcry and activism of the 2010s – itself enabled by earlier generations of feminists – brought us to this moment. But if the Trump administration has its way, opposing forces will prevail
This week, for the first time since 1647, a member of the royal family was arrested in the United Kingdom, not over allegations of sexual wrongdoing but for trade-related communications with the supplier of those victims, Jeffrey Epstein, to whom he is supposed to have leaked state secrets. The public outrage in the US about Epstein forced the government to release the files, including emails between Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Epstein now under investigation in the criminal case.
The arrestee formerly known as Prince Andrew was accused by Virginia Guiffre with having had sex with her when she was a minor being trafficked by Epstein. He has always denied wrongdoing. Until his arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office, only his family had held him accountable for his ongoing association with Epstein after Epstein’s 2008 conviction for soliciting a minor for prostitution. “Today our broken hearts have lifted,” Virginia Giuffre’s family stated, “at the news that no one is above the law, not even royalty.”
Rebecca Solnit is a Guardian US columnist. She is the author of Orwell’s Roses and the forthcoming The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change
Continue reading...Fresh Geneva negotiations suggest Trump’s team believes the Iranian government is making serious proposals
Iran and the US are expected to meet for a further round of talks in Geneva this week in a sign that Donald Trump’s team believes Tehran is making serious proposals to dilute its stockpile of highly enriched uranium and show it is not seeking a nuclear weapon.
As fears loomed of renewed conflict after Washington carried out a major redeployment of military assets to the region, the Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said he thought there was still a good chance of finding a diplomatic solution.
Continue reading...Karoline Vitto, Phoebe English and Sinead Gorey include wide range of body shapes on catwalks
Body diversity has made a comeback at London fashion week despite a wider shift towards ultra-thinness in the fashion industry.
Emerging designers including Karoline Vitto, Phoebe English and Sinead Gorey included a wide range of body shapes on catwalks over the past four days. Sizes have ranged from a UK size 10-16, a category referred to as mid-size in the industry, to plus-size, also known as curve models, which measures from a UK size 18 upwards. Sample size, often referred to as straight models, ranges from a UK 4-8.
Continue reading...Arsenal could feel the breath of Manchester City on their necks and the questions mounting; the anxiety all around them. The draw at Wolves on Wednesday had been a disaster and, with only two Premier League wins in seven, everybody seemed to want to say the same thing. Mikel Arteta and his players were cracking up in their pursuit of the title.
This was the soothing tonic they craved, a comfortable and confident dismissal of a Tottenham team desperate to feel a new manager bounce under Igor Tudor. Spurs did show personality to find a Randal Kolo Muani goal for 1-1 in the 34th minute; it was the striker’s first for the club in the league.
Continue reading...CARACAS (ANP/AFP) - Meer dan tweehonderd politieke gevangenen in Venezuela zijn in hongerstaking gegaan om hun vrijlating te eisen. Dat zeggen familieleden van de gevangenen, enkele dagen nadat een nieuwe amnestiewet is ingegaan.
De staking begon vrijdagavond in een gevangenis in een buitenwijk van hoofdstad Caracas. De gevangenen zijn boos omdat onder de nieuwe wet velen van hen niet in aanmerking komen voor amnestie.
De amnestiewet werd door interim-leider Delcy Rodríguez ingevoerd onder Amerikaanse druk. Rodríguez heeft formeel de leiding over het land nadat de Amerikanen president Nicolás Maduro begin januari gevangennamen bij een militaire operatie.
Meer dan 1500 politieke gevangenen hebben al amnestie aangevraagd onder de nieuwe wet. Oppositieleden hebben kritiek op de wet, omdat veel politieke tegenstanders van het regime er geen gratie door kunnen krijgen.
GÖTEBORG (ANP) - Springruiter Willem Greve heeft in het Zweedse Göteborg zijn derde wereldbekerwedstrijd van het seizoen gewonnen. Kim Emmen werd namens Nederland tweede. Emmen en haar paard Imagine gingen aan de leiding na een foutloze barrage. Maar Greve, die als laatste van start ging, reed op Grandorado eveneens foutloos en was een halve seconde sneller. De derde plaats was voor Malin Bayard-Johnson uit Zweden.
Greve gaat met nog een wedstrijd te gaan met 81 punten aan de leiding in de West-Europese competitie van de wereldbeker van de internationale paardensportbond FEI. Julien Epaillard uit Frankrijk staat tweede met 69 punten.
